-WRESTLING —
NU looks for heavyweight
■ With an injury to Pat
Miron, Neumann turns
to Husker football team.
By David Diehl
Staff writer
The injury woes that plagued the
Nebraska wrestlers in their dual with
Minnesota have mostly been fixed.
But while Paul Gomez, Justin
Flores and Tony Denke will return to
wrestling action soon, there is still one
more wrestler on the shelf for Coach
Tim Neumann - freshman heavyweight
Pat Miron.
Miron, who tore the right anterior
cruciate ligament in his knee in the
Great Plains Open on Jan. 2, will have
surgery to repair the tom ligament Jan.
22, ending his freshman season.
Neumann has sent a petition into the
NCAA requesting a year of medical
hardship for Miron.
“Everything happens for a reason,”
Miron said. “If I can get a medical year
out of this year, that would be great. But
that’s not for sure.”
Miron said he knew his knee was
severely injured during an attempted
throw of his opponent.
“It collapsed,” Miron said. “It buck
led, and I just fell down. It hurt like hell.”
The injury has
left the
Comhuskers bare
at the heavyweight
class. Junior Matt
Zutavern, a 197
pounder, Wrestled
for Miron against
Minnesota on Jan.
8 and was pinned
Neumann by top-ranked
Brock Lesnar in
39 seconds. Zutavem will start again at
heavyweight vs. Wyoming on Saturday,
Neumann said.
Still in need of a heavyweight
wrestler, Neumann contacted NU foot
ball coach Frank Solich about borrow
ing a player to wrestle for him - possibly
running back Dan Alexander or defen
sive tackle Ryon Bingham, who were
both state champions in high school.
But Neumann cautioned not to
make much ado about nothing.
“Everything is a non-factor until
they all talk to their coaches,” Neumann
said.
Another factor is the grueling com
petition of wrestling compared to foot
ball, Neumann said. Where football is a
totally anaerobic sport - short bursts of
energy followed by periods of rest -
wrestling is the complete opposite,
Neumann said.
“It’s a different kind of shape,”
Neumann said. “There’s a lot more
endurance than explosion. It’d be a sad
thing to see football champions com
pete in that shape.
“Fatigue makes cowards out-of us
all, and you’ve seen how cowardly other
teams have looked in the second half vs.
that offensive line.”
Neumann also wasn’t sure of either
wrestlers’ skill level. Alexander, a native
of Wentzville, Mo., won one state title,
while Bingham, from Sandy, Utah, won
two titles with a 64-1 record. Bingham
redshirted this season for the Husker
football team.
“I haven’t seen either of them wres
tle,” Neumann said. “They may not have
any technique that they can drill, so we’d
have to teach them some things in that
case.
“But I have a great heavyweight
coach in Mark Cody, and in a matter of
a couple of weeks, he could show them
what they need to do to be able to com
pete fairly successfully.” .
Husker football adds six to commitment list
recruits from page i6— £^2000 Commitments
state trom running back/defensive
back Willie Amos.
Amos, who is a 6-foot-1, 180
pounder, chose NU over Baylor, Texas
A&M and Texas Christian.
He runs his 40-yard dash in 4.5
seconds electronically. During his
senior year Amos rushed for 1,400
yards and 15 touchdowns on 188 car
ries. Amos is also a national jump-rop
ing champion.
The Huskers added more speed to
their defense with a commitment from
cornerback Terrell Butler out of
Pebblebrook High School in Austell,
Ga.
Butler is 5-foot-10, 190 pounds,'
and runs his 40-yard dash in 4.5 sec
onds.
His coach, Chuck Stines, said
Butler is a great cover comer.
“He has tremendous closing abili
ty,” Stines said. “He can hit people, and
he’ll break your cushion real quick.”
During his senior year, Butler fin
ished with three interceptions. Stines
said it was such a low number because
after the first two games, he had three
interceptions, and after that no one
would throw to his side. The rest of the
team finished with 15 interceptions.
Butler was first team All-State at
cornerback in Class 4A, Georgia’s
largest classification.
On offense, he had 20 catches for
362 yards and three touchdowns at a
limited receiver role.
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break was defensive tackle Manaia
Brown out of Granger, Utah.
In his senior year Brown finished
with 25 quarterback sacks.
Brown said his decision to commit
to NU was an easy one.
“The coaching staff.and the facili
ties were better than anywhere I went,”
Brown said. “Their program is top
notch.” *
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could be another Brown who commits
to NU next year. Bani, the youngei
brother of Manaia, is in his junior year
of high school.
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cornerback in Class 4A, Georgia’s could be another Brown who commits
largest classification. to NU next year. Bani, the younger
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By John Gaskins
Staff writer
The action and news surround
ing the Nebraska volleyball team
after its loss to UC-Santa Barbara in
the Sweet 16 in the NCAA
Tournament didn’t end with the
retirement of Terry Pettit last
month.
Two coaches and one player will
not return, one All-American might
not return and one new coach has
arrived.
New Head Coach John Cook
announced Monday the hiring of
new assistant head coach Staci
Wolf, a five-year assistant at
Florida. She replaces Nikki Best,
who stepped down in late
December to pursue greener pas
tures, namely a head coaching posi
tion.
Wolf helped Head Coach Mary
Wise lead the Gators to three final
fours in the past five seasons, a 174
14 overall and 70-0 Southeastern
Conference record in five years and
a 33-3 record this season since join
ing the UF staff in 1995.
Before that, she was a four-year
starter at Colorado from 1991 -94,
where she earned All-Big Eight
honors and helped lead the
Buffaloes to their only Big Eight
title in 1994.
“My criteria for an assistant was
to find somebody 'with high energy,
a strong presence and a dynamic
personality,” Cook said. “She’s a
real competitor. She had a major
responsibility at Florida, so she’s
got some big-time experience, and
she understands what we are trying
to do at Nebraska.”
Wolf replaces Best, who graced
the Husker bench for four seasons
under Pettit. As Pettit’s main
recruiter, she brought 13 of the
1999 team’s 15 players to NU. As
Head Coach at NAIA Division II
South Dakota Tech, Best led the
Rapid City school to a 53-33 record
in two seasons.
While in college, Best was a
three-year setter for Pettit and the
1993 Big Eight Player of the Year.
Her husband, Dave, was a volunteer
coach for the past three seasons and
plans to be her assistant at whatever
program she takes over.
“I feel extremely lucky to have
been a part of such a great program,
both as a player and coach,” Best
said. “I learned a tremendous
amount, and my hope is to take a lit
tle of that tradition and values into a
program of my own.”
me cnanges won t ena mere.
Right-side hitter Nancy
Meendering is currently in
Colorado Springs, Colo., trying out
for the U.S. National Team. The
two-time All-American was a
starter on the World University
Games team last summer.
If Meendering makes the team.
Cook will redshirt her for the 1999
team, which would leave a huge
hole in the Huskers’ deep talent
pool.
Also, middle blocker/right-side
hitter Katie Jahnke will not return
for her senior season because of a
career-ending knee injury. The West
Bend, Wis., native underwent
reconstructive surgery in her right
knee before her senior season in
July 1996.
Jahnke ends her career with 204
kills, a .285 hitting percentage and
90 blocks. She was considered a
key force off the bench, especially
in Nebraska’s second-round NCAA
Tournament victory over San Diego
this season, where she recorded
career highs,11 digs and seven
block assists.
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